. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 78 DISCOVERY REPORTS arrived on June 25, but the date of the return migration is not mentioned, though fishing continued until the end of September. On the east coast of AustraUa whahng was carried on at Jervis Bay in about latitude 35 S in 1913, and the northward migration of Humpbacks started in July. Hunting continued until October, but no information is available as to the return laLj -) r June Jul 1— 1 r L| Aug" Sept Oct- Nov Fig. 79. Humpback whale. Monthly catches at Nata
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 78 DISCOVERY REPORTS arrived on June 25, but the date of the return migration is not mentioned, though fishing continued until the end of September. On the east coast of AustraUa whahng was carried on at Jervis Bay in about latitude 35 S in 1913, and the northward migration of Humpbacks started in July. Hunting continued until October, but no information is available as to the return laLj -) r June Jul 1— 1 r L| Aug" Sept Oct- Nov Fig. 79. Humpback whale. Monthly catches at Natal for seasons 1918-28. Lillie (1915) shows that in New Zealand, at the Bay of Islands, the northern migra- tion takes place in the last half of April, May, and the first half of June. There is a slack period in the whaling from July to September: after the middle of September the south- ward migration takes place, and continues through October and November. He also states that the period July to September, when Humpbacks are absent from New Zea- land waters, used to be the busy time for the whalers at Norfolk Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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